I got most of the toys I really wanted
It struck me, reading Benjamin Kritzer, that hardly anything was denied the young BK. He wants something; he gets it.
And what struck me about this is that I grew up just a couple miles northwest of Kritzerland, and (my parents would confirm this recollection), plenty was denied me. Toys and stuff I wanted, I often didn't get. Never a Hot Wheels miniature car. Never a Big Wheel, for that matter.
Now, I'm not saying, "you were a spoiled child" as if that makes you some sort of a monster, and I know
Ask BK day is not likely to lead to some deep psychological revelation, but what I'm wondering is:
Do you think getting-whatever-you-wanted-as-a-child led had any negative effect on you?
If the answer is no, perhaps we'll all feel free to spoil our children.